World Day against Tuberculosis Celebrated in Cuba

MANZANILLO, Cuba, Mar 25 (acn) With the lowest index of prevalence of the disease in Latin America, Cuba celebrated on Tuesday the World Day against Tuberculosis. The main activity was held in this city of eastern Granma province.

In one of the 48 municipalities with high risk of incidence of the disease in the country, doctors, health promoters, students and youngsters met to continue expanding people’s education on the
consequences of this suffering.

Part of the activity was a recreational and educational festival called “En Salud” (In Health), which included games, distribution of prophylactic material, and the awarding of participants in literary and art contests inspired by the prevention of the scourge.

Likewise, pioneer children from various secondary schools shared their knowledge on the symptoms, ways of infection, preventative measures, treatment, and characteristics of the disease.

An official from the National Center for Health Promotion and Education, Mailín Cuba, told ACN that specialists from the entire archipelago will be meeting for a scientific event on the disease until Thursday, at the Celia Sánchez Manduley Hospital .

The director of Granma’s Provincial Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Kenia González, highlighted that the Cuban state guarantees the human and material resources necessary to fight tuberculosis, and that the greatest challenge is to sensitize and educate people in order to
eliminate the main risk factors.


(Celebró Cuba Día Mundial de Lucha contra la Tuberculosis)